Yongsun(Loelle) Lim

Insightful Cultural Ambassador known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Possess specialized skills in cross-cultural communication, event coordination, and language proficiency. Excel in empathy, adaptability, and public speaking to successfully engage with diverse communities and foster mutual understanding. Strengths lie in effective communication, diplomacy, and cultural sensitivity, contributing to increased cultural awareness and mutual respect within diverse communities.

• Certificate of Achievement in Research Excellence, Saint Louis University, 2017
• Alpha Sigma Nu, the National Jesuit Honor Society, Saint Louis University, 2016
• Jack&Jill 3rd Place
  South California Argentine Tango Championship
  United States of America

• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), 2021 - Present
• Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), 2021 - Present
• Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), 2021 - Present
• American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2015 - 2020
• Association of American University Presses (AAUP), 2015 - 2020
• American College Personnel Association (ACPA), 2016 - 2020
• NASPA | Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education, 2016 - 2020

• Qualitative Research, Korean female international graduate students’ acculturation process in US universities, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, Karen Mayers, Ph.D.
• Qualitative Research
• Persistence of Saudi Arabian students in a Mid-West research university (Tentative), Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, Mark Pousson, Ph.D.
• Executive presence of female leaders in higher education: Communication Strategies (Tentative), Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, Elizabeth Freeburg, Ph.D.

• OPI(Oral Proficiency Interviewer) Certificate, Oral Proficiency Interviewer Certificate-Korean, ACTFL, United States of America
• Function-Based Curriculum’s Certificate, SOF Foreign Language Office Function-Based Curriculum Instructor Training, USA Special Operations Command, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA
• MOPI Workshop (Regional), Limited Oral Proficiency Interviewer Certificate-Korean Workshop, ACTFL, United States of America
• Missouri Writing Project (MWP), University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, A charter member of the National Writing Project
• TESOL Certification (Regional), Korea Foreign Language University, South Korea
• TESOL Internship Certificate, Asian Affairs Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
• English as a Second Language Certificate, Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines

• Chair, Professional Development Funding Committee (PDF), Saint Louis University, 2017 - 2019
• Co-Secretary & Co-Chair, Professional Development Funding Committee (PDF), Saint Louis University, 2015 - 2019
• External Affairs Officer, Graduate Student Association, Saint Louis University, 2016 - 2019
• Senator, Graduate Student Association, Saint Louis University, 2016 - 2019
• Regional Co-Chairman, Rotaract Club, Daejoen University, South Korea, 1995 - 1996
• Policy Manager, Student Government Association, Daejoen University, South Korea, 1994 - 1995
• Chair, Women’s Student Association, Department of Mathematics, Daejoen University, South Korea, 1994 - 1995
• Chair, Youth Women’s Group, Provincial Assembly Election Campaign, Choongchoeng Province, South Korea, 05/01/94 - 09/01/94

• Korean, Superior in OPI-Korean (native language)
• English, Advanced-High in OPI-English

• Acculturation Needs of Chinese International Undergraduate Students, NASPA STUDENT AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS IN HIGHER EDUCATION IV-WE REGIONAL, St. Louis, MO, 11/01/16, Everybody’s Talking About “Black Lives Matter,” But My Professor, ACPA COLLEGE STUDENT EDUCATORS INTERNATIONAL -MIDWEST, Kansas City, MO, 10/01/16
• Global Perspectives of Female Doctoral Students from Five Countries, SLU ATLAS WEEK, St. Louis, MO, 04/01/16
• In the Wake of Ferguson: Graduate Student Learning and Race in the Classroom, SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, St. Louis, MO, 05/01/15, Needs of International students in the U.S. university toward their acculturation process, Sponsored/Visiting Scholar Program, Saint Louis University, 05/01/16

• Case Study
• Global perspectives of female doctoral students from five countries, 2016, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, Dannielle Davis, Ph.D.
• Case Study, Using picture books for teaching Korean language to other language speakers in an American university, 2006, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, Roy Fox, Ph.D.
• Quantitative Research
• Motivations, resilience, & satisfactions: International students in U.S. universities, 2017, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, Hisako Matsuo, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Barrs, Ph. D., Director

Defense Critical Language and Culture Program

University of Montana

Phone: 406-274-2169

Email: elizabeth.barrs@mso.umt.edu

Shaima Khinjani, Manager, Academic Program

Defense Critical Language and Culture Program

University of Montana

Phone: 406-243-3602

Email: shaima.khinjani@mso.umt.edu

Byeong-Keun You, Ph.D., Professor

1SFG(A) Shaw-Martin Language Training Facility

Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Phone: 480-703-8341

Email:  byeong-keun.you@mso.umt.edu